Act Quote by Joan Hickson

I found that the more I'd done Shakespeare, and the more I trusted my instincts and applied the same rules you would apply to…

— Tom Sturridge

There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play.

— Maxine Peake

I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I…

— Jessica Lange

I like Shakespeare, but it's not my bread and butter. It's not what fires me up about acting at all.A lot of the ingenue…

— Phoebe Fox

I'm not Shakespeare. I have no delusions of who I am, as a writer. I wrote a simply beautiful script that's a fun-filled, joyous…

— Steve Antin

Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of…

— Al Pacino

It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to dress up in other people's costumes and pretending to…

— Jonathan Miller

Sometimes you can do Shakespeare and you're still not an actor.

— Clark Gregg

I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor,…

— Zoe Wanamaker

I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what…

— Julie Walters

I've worked for more than 50 years on the stage and I have played great, great, great roles, but I haven't played a great…

— Ian McLeod

When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is.…

— Andre Holland